Battletoads is a new Game Boy review, but Arcade Classic 4 is a re-review.

So I was playing Arcade Classic 4 (Defender and Joust) on my Game Boy Player (GameCube). I was really impressed with the gameplay, despite the modest graphics. Then I go to post my review and I see I already reviewed it in 2014! So I'm looking at that review and it looks nothing like the game I just played. Eventually I discovered I had reviewed it on the Super Game Boy (SNES) which offers a dramatically different experience!

I think I prefer the newer review, which focuses more on the original game but also makes mention of the Super Game Boy features. I even display the alternate screenshot for contrast. It's amazing how Game Boy carts offer completely different experiences depending on what platform you play it on!

I actually prefer the Game Boy Battletoads to the NES version because it's the only Battletoads game I can beat legitimately. It's still a difficult game, but even the hardest parts of the Game Boy version are considerably tamer than Karnath's Lair or Clinger Winger from the NES version. There's also a Game Boy port of the NES version called Battletoads in Ragnarok's World, but it has a sizable chunk of the levels cut out.

I just bought Arcade Classics 4: Defender and Joust the other week. They definitely have a twitchy arcade feel. Given the limited tech in a Gameboy, these really do compete well with the host of Defender clones we saw in the 80s, except for the lack of color. The death into a thousand pixels is wonderfully dramatic.

I'll have to play with the difficulty settings in Joust you mention. Right now, I'm seeing this screen far too often

eneuman96 wrote:I actually prefer the Game Boy Battletoads to the NES version because it's the only Battletoads game I can beat legitimately. It's still a difficult game, but even the hardest parts of the Game Boy version are considerably tamer than Karnath's Lair or Clinger Winger from the NES version. There's also a Game Boy port of the NES version called Battletoads in Ragnarok's World, but it has a sizable chunk of the levels cut out.

I can beat NES Battletoads. Never played the Game Boy version.

Clinger Winger takes some practice, but isn't too bad as long as you're playing on a CRT television with no lag.

I always take the shortcut at the end of Karnath's Lair. I've tried beating it without using the shortcut and couldn't do it.That is inedeed a tough stage.

Battletoads for the Gameboy is the reason I no longer have my original Grey Brick Gameboy lol I raged so hard at the hoverbike level that I literally threw it out my window down to our driveway and broke it when I was 11. The NES version made me rage as well I broke at least 1 or 2 controllers because of that game. Thank god I don't rage on video games anymore with how expensive stuff is now.